The Weekly Sumter republican. (Americus, Ga.) 18??-1889, August 26, 1870, Image 1

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, ;: &Wt r »$* PUBLISHED BY HANCOCK, CSAHAM- & REILLY, "Volume 17. DEVOTED TO NEWS, P0LITIC3 AND G'3NE2AL PEOOEESS—INDEPENDENT IN ALE TEKM. * A ■.'■"'■-if' II • ' - ■ AlMEHICTJS, GEOE01A, AUGUST <36. 1870. TERMS: s Three Dollars a Year, (/' PAYABLE U ADVANCE. Humber 27. niSMISUING SCHOOL. ■he following exquisite poem haR wrhlei laic CliarN" Dickens : the I« sa°" B an -' Disks are all ended, -be i-cbool fox the flay is uismitued. ‘ ’ 0 nc» gathered around me, r bid me gooJ night and be kissed; \ f li ,,j ( . V fhitc arms that encircle livniT# : i * lender embrace! ,he srjiics that are lialoa of heaven. ihcMing ""ntihtne of lover on my face! .1 «h< n they arc gone I sit dreaming ,f rl y clnlditood too lovely to last; l.iv ibat my heart will remember, yi t ,. n it aakes to the pulse of the past, .;, e world and its wickedness made ine i ->&rtn<T of sorrow and sin, ;,a the glory Of Ggd was al»ont me, aAthe glory <\f gladness within. f How Billy Smith Asked the Old j Man.- 7 I —. ; |»* | Smith lias just asked Mr. Thomp* ois I dmghter if she would give him a lift out , of bacheloTdom, and sho .said ‘"yes.” It i therefore becomes absolutely necessary ; to get the old gentleman's promise, so, ! os Smith said, the arrangements might be made to pop the conjugal twig. Smith A Harriage in the Nob*. On ilia 20th ult., at the residence of , in. Sevfer county,, by William Pick ins, Esq., Bill Rogers to widow Nancy E. Bailey. “This,” says the correspondent who sends ns the announcement, 4 ‘was one of the most extraordinary exhibitions ol fortitude end determination, on the part r „ r ^ rj[iiivii of the two persons interested ever exuib- i said he’p rather pop the interrogatories 1 ited in East Tennessee. Mrs. Bailey was to all of old Thompson’s daughters and * *idow of two months’ jnonrning. She sisters, and his ladv cousin's and his aunt i '*‘ aa fftir, beyond the usual fairness of her *’ ... i—t>:ii -o himself, ~ j Hannah in the country, and the whole ; of his female relations, than ask old | Thompson. Bnt it has to be done, and ) he sat down and studied out a speech t gro’ r«*ak a nd the fountains of feeling will flow, ,n I think ortlie paths steep and etony, ■here the fact of the dear ones must go; mountains of sin hanging o’er them, ! the tempest ot Fate blowing wild: iher« is nothing on earth half no holy of a child! The’- arc idols of hearts and of households; They arc angols of tied in disgiib-o; Hi, sunlight still sleeps on their tressea. His glory still gleams in their eyes; • •I ' there tr.iants from home and torn Heaven, Ti ev have riade me more manly and mild! Vr.d I know how Jesus could liken f> kingdom of God to a child. i life rthc dear one*, thers havo done, isve just eitough sliado- Kiarroflbaann; I to guard them fiom ev would bound hack to r y for hit •elf. in- twi" is so easily bended; I have banished the rule and the rod; nave taught them the goodness of knowledge, Jiavt taught ino the goodness of God: jv heart is a dungeon of darkness, .Micro 1: hut them from breaking a rule a thi ef the uiss the “good nights- and the kisr he gush of their innocent glee, »up on the green, and the flowers ■re hronght every morning to me. miss them at mom and at eve, song in the school and tl»e street; tuiss the low 1mm of their voices, he tramp of their delicate feet, he lessons and tasks are all ended, Death save, “ litis school is disiuis 8 gat in oil night and be kissed. cl all tho friends good on eartli they c red and served their < ih: may this pleasant dream prove title -'by it apply to me and you! -May all tin- souls of heavenly birth IV so prepared, while hereon earth, lhat love ami friendship may pre vail, A:;d slo and sorrow disappear, And all Le happy hero and there, Au-1 dwell in perfect love 1 H at life may be, as He designed, A taste of lore and bliss combined: A time to fit the soul to dwell W .:h angels in the heavenly throng: 'Vitli om- dear friends who went befure. And wait us on the heavenly shore: With (»od, who loves his children well, In blissful, endless love to dwell.’ (associates. Bill Rogers ... comely, rough country youth of about nineteen years of aye. *A week before the marriage, tho widow Nancy visited the residence of Bill’s maternal parent, and, luckily found her in tho field and Bill in the house. Nancy is to all intents practical bnsiness woman, and went to The Drunkard’s Daily Life. • '; J The Atlantic Monthly'gives'the fol lowing graphic sketch Of tho daily' ex perience of every drunkard: The daily life of.one of the steady drunkards is like this : Upon getting np in the morning, after a heavy, restless, drunkard's sleep, he is miserable beyond expression, and almost helpless. In very bad cases, he will seo double, and his hands will tremble so that ho cannot lift to his lips the gla»; for which he has a desire amounting to mania. Two or three stiff glasses of spirituous liquor will restore him eo far that ho can con trol his muscles, and get about without betraying his condition. After being hour, and drinking every ten or . :u ...ii.. t .vi» woTk at once. Drawing a'stool to Bill's feet, says she, “Bill Rogers, dow’d yon like to marry ?” Says Bill, in reply, ‘ ‘First rate. ” Says N ancy, straightening up and throwing ont her magnificent chest, “Bill Rogers, how do you like this?” Says Bill, “Bully.” Says Nancy, - jgers, got the license and it yonrs." - SaysBtH, ‘‘Ell have’em or die/ 1 He was oft’ on the moment for Sevierville, for the license. But, alas! Bill hadn’t the necessary snm when he reached the clexk’B office to procure the license. So he tramped homo again, entered his house before his family, and without saying a word, took from its rack his rifle gun, and. placing it on hb shonlder, again left. No one seems to know any farther particulars. I don’t know that Bill got the license, bnt he brought no gun back fifteen minntes, he will usually lie able to eat a pretty good breakfast, which, with the aid of coffee, tobacco, and a comparatively small quantity of liquor he will be able to digest. Aftear break fast, for some hours he will generally be able to transact routine business, and associate with his fellows without excit ing their pity , or contempt. As dinner time draws near, he feels the necessity which he was to disgorge at old Thompson | the very first time he got a shy at turn, j So Smith dropped in on him one Sunday i evening, when all the family had wander ed ^around to meeting and found him ' doing a sum in beer measure. ‘How are you Smith,’ said old Tbomp- , son, as the former walked in, white as a piece of chalk, and trembling as though 1 lie had swallowed an earthquake. ! Smith was afraid to answer, 1 localise lie , wasn’t sure about that speech. He knew he had to keeping grip upon it, while be had it there, or it would slip from him quicker than nu oiled eel through an anger hole. So he blundered out— ' 'Mr, Thompson, sir: Perhaps it may be unknown to you, that during an ex tended period of some five years, I have been busily engaged in tho prosecution of a commercial enterprise.’ ‘Is that so, keepin’ it a secret all this time, while I thought you was ’tendin’ store? Well by George ! you’re one of . =,— -- v —_-tr them now, ain't you V with him. At 12 o’clock at night, Esq., Smith had liegun to think it nil over Pickens was called for, most imploringly, sold under the names of Tonics, Ko- again, to get the run of it. to perform the marriage ceremonies, storers, Appetizers, etc. Many persons * Air. Thompson, sir : Perhaps it mayiamd lie did it in a most imposing form, are’ induced to take them, believeing not be known to you, tlmtduriug the ex-) before the brilliant pine-knot fixe that them to bo beneficial, when, if they knew tended period of five years, I have been blazed on the hearth, and in the pres- the vile stuff from which they are made, busily engaged in the prosecution of a ' enc ® of the select audience who had as- not one out of a thousand would taste commercial enterprise, with the determi-} sembled. them. nation to secure a sufficient main ten-; After the vows had been made, and the It is vain for advocates of temperance ance— ’ t record rendered they that were man and to write, speak, or labor for reform while ‘Sit down, Smith, and help yourself to I wife, Bill s lirst-ajacnlation was, “Nance, this shameful business is carried on. beer. Don’t stand there holding your I we vohada hard time, but I told you | and physicians can bo found to sanction concentration of corps at Chalons have boon completely repulsed. . Bf.rt.ix, Aug 18:—The Provincial eOr- , respondence says: In resuming posses- I it&flixd fbrmer German produces, Prus- ‘■^eaas/to reimburse liei' .plundered ^expelled frdm • Aug. 18.—Tlie coincidence, of “Bitters,” Under various names, offered to the public, and displayed behind bars in drinking saloons, some with certificates of physicians attached, which are usually vile compounds of Refuse 'Whisky, Cox- demned Cordials, Wink-', Etc., mixed together and flavored to snit the taste with a few herbs, spices and sugar, and hat like a blind beggar with paralysis. I; I’d bring-Inm. Less go borne, never have seen you behave yourself sc j —And they went! queer in all my bom day Black Valley Railroad. bo bad to wander back and take \ a fresh start *Mr. Thompson, sir : It may not be : uuknown to you, that during an extend- ■ 1.—From accurate estimates carefully ed period of five years 1 have been en-j made, in the United States, it appears gaged in the prosecution of a commercial | that this Road is constantly carryiug over ’enterprise, with the determination to 1300.000 persons, mostly" young men, procure a sufficient maintenance—’ down to the condition of Ommon Drunk- *A which ance ?’ asked old Thompson, i ard*. bnt Smith held amt the last word, as if it j 2.—If thofamiU** of drunkards aver- vvas his only chance, and went on— ; age five persons, it carries untold misery ‘In the hope that I might somo <luy I; and wretchedness directly to mox*e than might enter wedlock, and bestow my 11,500,000 persons, a large proportion of earthly possessions upon one whom I jould call my own. I huve been a lonely nan, sir and have felt that it is not good ior man to bo alone, and therefore I would—’ ‘Neither is it, .Smith; I'm glad yon Iropped iu. How’s the old man ‘Mr. Thompson, sir,’ said .Smith in de spairing confusion, raising liis voice to a veil, it may not bo known to you that, luring an extended period of a lonely man I have been engaged to enter dloek, and to liestow all my terprise on one whom I could determine to be good for certain possessions—no, I mean—that is—that Mr. Thompson, sir: it may not be unknown—’ ‘And then again it may. Look here, Imitb, you’d better lay "down and take nome thing warm—you ain’t well.’ Smith, sweating like a four year old colt, went iu again: ‘Mr. Thompson, sir it may not be lonely to you prosecute me, whom yon, a friend for commercial main- >euance, but—but—eh—dang it—Mr. Thompson, it—” . . ‘O, Smith you talk like a fool. 1 never •wiw such a first-class idiot in the course of <ny whole life. What’s the matter with ! 1ft.—Its business is rapidly increasing. yon, any how ?’ . j • ‘Air. "Thompson, sir,’ said Smith in an ! " " - agony of bewilderment, ‘it may not lie Gians, Don’t Talk _ Slang !—Girls, I known that-you prosecuted a lonely man don’t talk slang ! If it is necessary that ‘ who is not good for a commercial period any one iu the family should do that, let of wedlock for some five years, but—’ j your big brother, though I would advise horn are women and children 3. —It keeps more than 200,000 in the Aim* lloufe. 4. —It keeps 75,000 criminals in Prison. 5. —It is carrying towards destruction multitudes of the brave and noble young men of our army. 0.—It has carried down to disgrace, poverty and destruction, many of the mast talented men of the country, from the Bar, the Bench, the Pulpit and the Halb of Congress. 7:—It carries more than 300,000 into Eternih/ annually. 8.—It carries moro than 1,500,000,000 of Dollars to Destruction. A distinguish ed observer of facts says: “Ail the crimes on earth do not destroy so many of the human race, nor alienate so much propeity as drunnkeness.” fl.—It is prosecuting its terrible busi ness against the laws of God and man, and in defiance of all authority. The people of the United States, according to Commissioner Wells, swallowed by retail “ single year, 81,573,491,865 worth of The Drunkard’s Home. 1’n* drunkard's home 1 no home has he, Nu Eden spot below, here he may dwell from sorrow free, And revel iu the luxury That other hearts may know. Hie drunkard's home ! ah, who can tell, W Uo but the drunkard's wife, How much on earth there is of hell, • o those who with the drunkard dwell. And share the drunkard’s life ? A downy conch may rest the frame, Hut not tho wounded heart; >0 those who share the drunkard’s shame May have a home—a home in name, Tiiat can no joy impark ‘ robbed of love, ’tis bnt a. grave, Where living ruin dwell, Ami where the heart is but a slave, With leave to pant—with power- to-crave, Ihit may not leave its celt. The dninkurd loves, bnt loves the bowl That holds the maddening wine; Ami weds his heart and grieves his soul, And yields him to its wild control, And bows at Bacha's shrine. H. ‘Sec here, Mr. Smith you're drunk, and if you can’t behave better than that, you’d better leave. If yon don’t I’ll chuck you out, or I’m a i/utchmau.’ ‘Air. Thompson, sir,’ said Smith fran tic with despair, -it may not bo unknown to yon that my earthly possessions are engaged to enter wedlock live years w ith a sufficiently lonely man, who is not-good for commercial maintenance—’ ‘The very duce be isn’t! Now you jist get up ami git, or I’ll knock what tittle brains ont of vou y-u’ve got left. ’ With that old Thompson took Smith and shot him in the street, as if he’ run him against a locomotive going ont at tho rate of forty miles an hour. Before old Thompson had time to shut the front door, Smith collected |his legs and one thing and another that were lying around on the pavement, arranged himself in a verticle position, and yelled out •Mr. Thompson, sir. If may known to yon ’ Which made the old man so wretched mad that he went out and s«t a bull ter rier on-Smith before fie had a chance to lift a brogau, and there was a scientific .log fight, with odds in. fuvor of the dog, (or huhad an awful hold for such a animal. ' L Smith afterwards'married the girl, and lived happily about two months. At the end of that time lie vdd a confidential _ xiehd that he wodld willingly take more "trouble and undergo a million dog bites get rid of her. <»t- .bo him not to talk “Pigeon English,” when there is an elegant systematized lang uage that he can just as well use, but don’t yon do it! You have no idea how it sounds to ears unused or averse to it, to hear a young lady, when ihe is asked to attend some place of amusement, answer —“not much,” or if requested to do something she does not wish to—“can’t seo it!” Not long ago I heard a Miss, who is educated and accomplished, say in speaking of a young man, that she inten ded to “go for him!” aud when her sister asked her assistance at some work, she answered—“not for Joe !”—Now young ladies of unexceptional character and really good education, fall into this habit, thinking it shows smartness to answer back in slang phrase; and they slip flippantly from their tongues with a saucy pertness that is not lady like or becoming. Yonng wen who talk that way, do not care to hear it from the lips they love or admire. It sounds much coarser then. Aud really, slang does not save time in use of language, as an abbreviation. Np ! is shorter and more decided than “not much”—“I’m sure,” is quite us easily said ns “m bet!” More than promising wedding has been indefinitely postponed by such means; for however remiss young men may be themselves, they look for better things in the girls of their choice ; aud it does not help them to mend u liad habit to adopt it too. and recommend them. is not surprising that sensible people becoming disgusted with the name of “Bitters,” which are nothing bnt tho worst liquors disguised as medicines, and do but lure the tippler on to rnin and destruction. A Nice Little Story. Once upon a time there was a young lady who had three pretty new teeth in her mouth. She bought them of a den tist, and they were fastened to a beauti ful patent vulcanized rubber plate. This young lady could eat almost anything with her new teeth, aud she felt 'proud of them; they were so useful, and looked well when she smiled. One day she s eating dinner,, just as fast ns she could, and she got choked with a piece of bone. Then she ran into the wood shed and coughed until tho tears came into her eyes, and her father came out aud pounded her shoulders, and her mother made her drink a pint of water, aud finally she was better, but, alas, her jw teeth were gone ! So herself, and her father, and her mother, and two sisters, and her big brother and the servant girl, and the neighbor’s little boy, looked all over the woodshed for those" teeth, but they could not find them. Then the young lady vac scared, and she said to her mother: *0h, mother, I felt something hard in my throat when I drank tliat water, and I have swallowed my teeth, ami I shall I know I shall die, and what shall I do ?” That scared the mother, aud she pnt the young lady in bed aud sent for the doctor. Well, the teeth made her very sick. Yon kuow how thin people get sometimes from the gnawing of remorse, and of course the gnawing of three pa tent porcelain teeth would be much worse. The doctor could ilo nothing, aud the young lady kept getting worse, until the doctor said she could not live more than twenty-four hours. That very day the neighbor's little boy fonud the three lost teeth in the back yard, where they had been thrown while the young lady was conghing. Ho took them ia and showed them to the young lady, who said she felt a good deal better, and got up and dressed. She i« well now; but she always takes ont her teeth before eating dinner. Blunders or Babhfclnicss.—If there is any defect more striking than another, in the American character, it. is basbful- nesa Young America in particular it painfully effected by it. An incident it mentioned by a correspondent, who wat desired by Ins aunt to go over to neigh bor Shaw’s and see if he had for sale any straw for filling beds. ‘Mr. Sliaw.’ says our informant, ‘was blessed with a goodly number sf Misses Shaw, and I therefore felt a little timid at encountering them. To make the matter worse, I arrived just as the family seated I’or^linner. Stopping at the door-way, hat in hand I stammered ont, •Mr. Straw, can you spare enough shaw to fill a couple of lieds ?’ ‘Well, replied the old gentleman, glancing around at his large family, and enjoying tlie mistake, ‘I don’t know but an, how many will yon need 5’ ‘Before I could recover, those hateful girls burst into u chorus of laughter, d I broke for home in a cold sweat.’ Washiko*^,; August 18 —We report the follow] the latest foreign dis- patches jut r^ceirad. BntLK, Angnst 18.—Tho lolloiring o'- ficial dispatch luta just lieen received by the government: . Pont a Mojfcsox. Wednesday evening, August 17.-<^per'Erasiiian Third Anriy Corps moved^ut yesterday to the - East side of Metz on the line of the enemy’s retreat towards Verdun. A severe fight followed with four French divisions and the Imperial Guard. On our side the 3d corps was sustained by the 1st, 8th, 9th and 10th under the command of Prince Frederick Charles. Tlie enemy driven upon Metz, in spite of their superior numbers, after twelve hours’ fighting. The losses on both sides are very heavy. London, August 18.—French telegrams gives the following resume of events since Sunday : On that day the French en gaged the Prussians before Metz, inflict ing heavy losses. The French then re tired on Verdun. On Monday, the Emperor was at Grav- lotte with sixty" thousand men, aud sub sequently fighting occurred at Longue- ville, the French constantly fighting and retreating—contesting every step. On Tuesday tho Emperor passed through Verdun and reached Rheims, where he remains. August IS,—La Preasts praises Marshal Bazsure for refusing tho armis tice demanded by the Prussians to bury deoil. It says: “The peasants marshal IfnrJne claims a Cireat ^Victory. Anovhrr Grrfl BatvUIr Ilrpulrd Gladstone lias returned. The Cabinet is summoned to intervention for a speedy peace. The Queen addressed an autograph lot to the King of Prussia, urging him to ac cept peace proposals from France. The pope writes him to the same effect.. 'Hie Atlantic cable of ’6«J lias been re- .IBA.Cpie of tLc outbreaks at Paris an<l pa ; r( .,l, 3m , signals »,,• nmv ferfe-t. SoattWo, saggests to the police a MosICH> ML _ Thew „ combination to proclaim, a Rcpnbli Paris, Aug. 18.—Tlie French hold their ground, but lost heavily in Thurs day’s battle n e arTira v il o t iV. The Gaulois says encouraging dis^ patches have been received from Bazine, bnt must be kept secret. The chateau of the Court of C-hanboral has lieen placed at the di.sjsisal of lljo Government for a hospital. Tt has 400 rooms. Edmund About describes the ehfrgjtce of tho Prussians into Savanre.' don’t maltreat tl " money, bread, tobacco, wine and forage. Where the people resist the Prussians are very cruel. Many peasant* kill their horses to prevent the Prnasians from taking them. Prince Napoleon has sent his valuables and children away, against tho wishes of the Empress. Paris, August 18.—La Patrie 1ms tlie following from the scene of action, dated Tuesday: Bazaines army, resting upon Metz. Bazaine, knowing their iutentiOD, crossed the Mosselle at several, places. The Prnet-ians endeavored to cat the French lines and attacked four times, they were repulsed with great loss, and Bazaine continued bis march. It is now considered certain that ho will make u junction with McMahon at Trocha. This changes the situation. Marshal Bazaine will have superior numbers, and may assume the offensive at pleasure. near Reseville : August 19, 9. i*. h. —The French army was attacked to-day west of Metz. Its position whs very strong, but my com mand, after a combat of nine hou*^, to tally routed the French forces, intercept- d their communication with Paris and ■t bnrv tLe dead. The army roust continuo its work of annihilating the j threw them back upon Metz, enomy. Tho ho„r ot ,-om,Jete victory i* j LosDOSt A , lgnKt . 2 „._ A rnmnri , cttr . rent of tlie sudden death of the Emperor t working at hand.” Thousands Paris defences. August 18.—This morning's of ficial dispatches were received from Mar shal Bazaine. iu which he claims a great ictory over Prince Frederick Charles and Gen. Steinmetz, between Daneount and Bronuville. Berlin, August 18.— It' is pretty cer- taiuthat the Prince Royal,Frederick Wil liam, was wounded in one of the battles aronnfl Metz, ; • London, August 18.—Information re ceived from Verdun this Thursday morn ing states that a great battle is progress- Malatour. Oenernls I’rossard and Biitville are reported wounded. Additional from the Seat of War. HEAVY PRUSSIAN LOSSES. REPORTS CONFLICTING. sad and dreary, cold and chill, 1,10 drunkard’s home must be, s pot where ruin works her .will, poverty may strive «nd kill, 'Vhere reigns but poverty. - ftKi.iG,OLs—We sire haring a gracioua >n tlie Baptist and Methodist ,l »rehes in Dawson. In the Baptist “urch Rev. T. E. Langley, pastor, has assisted, a portion cm the time by • < v - l)r. Cooper, of Americas. Much fWKUs being accomplished, .many addi- ,|‘ 113 arc being made to the church, ana u sermous delivered by tlie above ,“'“ ed Bmnes seem to make a deep in* «*** ? n 'Wlio attend. In UicMeth- church the pastor, Rey. J. M. s*aaar»«es6 ail i ®onn> of Id* best sermons, SJ" “<> gWto-note that th«y h«vo tkeur desired .Sect, and Uut many ■mUdogadgi tutliatchnrdi-iUnvBOB u» nut Printers and Religion. The chaplain of the New flampsliire penitentiary says: * *1 have tho happiness ro number among my friends many prin ters, but though it may seem, to* imply either a lack of ability on the part of the minister, or the want of the qualities, I never succeeded well with that class. For the nine long years of my connection with the penitentiary, with* all Mho in ducements offered, not one of that trade iias connected himself with my congre gation, and I do not think a man conld be found, of all who war tenanted, our prison, who could set np a column of type. I leave the reader to make liis comments, only remarking that this can not bo accidental, nor can the explana- ion be that the employment keeps them The Death op Ges. Doi ay.—The Moniteur gives the following account of the death of Gen. Douay, at the battle of.Wissemburg. J The General was from hhe beginning in the thickest of fight.— When he saw that the day was lost, after he bad done all he conld to retrieve it, when even not a battalion was left him, he called liis aids, one by one, giving them orders and sent them away. As soon as the last one was gone, the Gen eral, spurring his horse, rode some dis tance to the front, dismounted, and tak ing a hohter pistol shot the animal, and then turning atonud slowly, he walked toward the enemy. His soldiers vainly tried to stop hrm. Amid the terrible tipng lie deliberately walked on. TLe retreating soldiers, aroused by the spec tacle, turned ngain upon the enemy, but fell in heaps around their general, who’ still pressed forward. Another tremen- ignorant of the prevailing vices and. im moralities, nor yet that yonng printers are removed from the huge masses where ^ , ” r:.-~ ~r~ corruption engender and .pread*.r In^■•«««*»• Doa V- “>■»<>« alone f„U all these respects -this class is exposed. It is evident that the employment has as clcvatkmg tendency, and is favorable to intellectual and moral improvement,” A Word to Little Boys.—Who i spected ? It is tho boy who conducts himself well, is honest, diligent, and obedient in all tilings. , It is the boy who is making efforts contiunally to respect his father, and obey him iu whatever he maj’ direct to be done. It is the boy who is kind to other little boys, who resoects age, and who never gets into difficulties, uid quarrels with his companions. It is the boy who leaves no effort uutried, to improve himself in knowledge and loin every day, who is • busy, and active in endeavoring lo do a good act to wards others. Show ns a boy who obeys Jiis parents, who is diligent, who always has a friendly disposition, and who ap plies himself diligently to get wisdom, und to do good,to ward others, and if lie is not respec ed and beloved by every body, then there is no such thing os troth in the word. Remember this little boys, and you will be respeoted by oth ers, and you will grow up and liecome useful men. ^ - Fatal Dvku—A'dhel,. which termV nated fatally to cne ’of the participants, was fought near Savannah, at 6. o’clock, A. M., Friday morning, between Messrs. Ludlow'Cblien and. Richard Aiken, bpth of Savannah, and'that Du the fifth -fire Itfr. Cdfcen fell mortally wounded. . He .was senior of the ^flrm ^of Cohen’ & Wil kins commission merchants of Savannah. Thai duel grew ont of si quarrel abont j Iter. Dr. Collyer, the Radical pastor ofthe Chnrch of the Messiah in New York, said in a sermon the’ other -day:- “In sob^T truth, if GathoUc^could prove, by - documentaiy evidence, that Protestants'arw doomed to perdition, I would latner go to hell with John Knox and the other great lights of Congregation alism than go totho seVenth heaven with Pro Naso end those who believe iiihim. 1 It would Ecemthat the Rev. Dr. ColLYeb i* leas particular as to where/ he goes rwninttH* bnrinefls.. M ' A Story-is told of a lady who preserved her beauty by plastering strawberries over her face .every night and washing them off in the morning. The fair creature -has. lor some time paal been apawyed by -a troublesome creditor - The other any he called be- fore tho lady had risen, and insisted on forcing his way into her bed-room to mand instant payment. Dot fools i in where angels fear to tread. He hoWcoijldyou beso imprudent as.to ap- proach;a person suffering from small- ^ ^ ~ pox ? Look at my iaoo!” The creditor when-bp dies “thanjilmost any other g ave aahriek, darted out ot the. room, and has not since been beard of. London, Aug. 18v—A telegram from Briey says tliare was an obstinate strug gle near Mars le Tour yesterday. Travellers report that a vast body of Prussians were thrown back upon the Moselle by tlie Imperial Guard; Paris, Aug. 18,—Apprehending that the enemy intended cuttiog an important railroad, which would thwart tho present French movement, a strong column was dispatched to Chalons, and it arrived in time to prevent mischief. The journals are bitter on Austria’s neutrality, when, with barely a hundred thousaud men, she might have avenged Sadowa. An English vessel loaded with contra band of war for Prussia lias been captur ed iu the Channel. Berlin, Aug. 18. —Details of thePont- a-Mousson battle : Marshal Bazaine, who was attempting to fall back from Metz to Verdun, was at-' tacked by the Fifth corps and compelled about The Prussians were firjn under an attack of four army corps, among them the National Gnaid, but re inforcements arriving, the French found it impossible to prolong the contest, and retire.! upon Metz, losing two thousand' prisoners, two eagles, aud seven cannon. Paris, Ang. 18.'—Tho Prussian loss around Metz is forty thousand. The French loss iscomparatively small, being protected by the fortress. The French have reinforced Strasburg. Th&Prussians have bo seige trains and hate abandoned the idea of beseiging Strasburg. The Prussians retired to the Darsen- heim Valiev to secure their communica tion. Berlin, Aug. 18.- A Prussian fleet, composed of the Darcy; Blitz and Sala mander, encountered n French fleet of four armed frigates oft' Rugan Island. The Prussians soon retired without loss. The French fleet is now off Dnrnsfosch. Paris. Aug. 18.—P.tlikao stated in' the Corps Legislatin', that the Prussians lost thousand five hundred in a repulse id Phalsburg. Gen. Melinet commands the Garde Mo bile. . . ' ' , . 7 Marshal Bazaine has again stopped private telegraphing, as by that means tho news reaches BexUn. ^ u Berlin, August 18.—Dispatches from King William, dated Pont-a-Moussod, August 17tb, says: * Tn thqffght here yes- terday we took 2000 prisoners, .17 gnns and 2Jeagles. y ftttis, Augf 18. —Tlie'French have <»p- turel eleven. German vessels since the war opened. The French government repreaenis that the ebemy have fc been folly checked, and Naj>olx>n of apoplexy; though it is posi tively asserted by some that the report should be accepted with distrust. The bombardment of Strasbourg on Friday continued from morning to noon, when it was suspended for two hours.— Tlie return fire is nlmost harmless. Paris, August 20.—A council of war has ordered the, partial destruction of the Bois do Bolonge. London, Aligns 20.—There is great re joicing iu all the German cities, over the vietorj-! Illuminations and processions are features of the orttusion. Paris, August 20.—The inliabitants of Chalons have been ordered to get their grain ftway within twenty-four hours. Athens, August 20,—Two German vessels, loaded with oil, have been cap tured. Pabis, August 20.—Nothing has bern received here from the front, and tl:e public are very anxious. Brussels, August 2ft—A Paris letter ys that Marshal McMahon is retreating i Paris, and will avoid a battle, unless ; can form a junction with Bazaine. The pedpl© of Strasbourg replied to the bloody battle between GruriJlotte and Risonvillo to-dav. Tlie French were driven back to Metz. A11 communica tion between Metz and- Pari] has been destroyed. Brussels, August 20.—The Etollo Beige announces the Emperor as extreme ly ill on Wednesday at Chalons. It also St. Prtrsrfro, August 20.—A^Iof^ Russian Minister to Vienna, has gone to Paris. The Czar congratulated thoSdia- iau regiment-, of which he is Colonel, on its gallantly' at Weixsenburg. Ho also showing,that Biree Prussian army corps unite*I and attacked Bazniue. They were repnlteil and drivpn into the quarries of Janmonnt. My reserve about theeo dis- patches will bo understood. I need not mention the small advantages gained near Basie Due. We ore now actively completing the frontification of Paris.— In a few day; all will l»e assured. Paris, August 29.—Gravt tumors were : cirenlated here yestrday, relative to the health of the Emperor. They were un founded. I hsve the beet assurance of this. [Signed] Paris Agent Y. N.Ass’d Press. WirSW iKSwais>jp«pffl!5, and forage. Atlanta, Augiist 20.—Tlie House re fused to reconsider the resolution for purchasing Kimball’s Opera House—aye* 38. nays 78. Price 9780,0t)D. Raleigh, August 20.—Judge Pearson, in Chambers to-day, discharged all the prisoners, includiug Hon. Johu Kero, except five, there being not a particle of evidence produced against them. After being imprisoned five weeks the five still held on the lieuch warrants are retain ed on the affidavit of Kirk, setting forth merely that he believed tho accused were guilty of murder. Counsel for tlie pris oners objected that the affidavit was insuf ficient to grant a bench warrant upon, liecuuse it set forth ito fact that could be taken as evidence, and asked time to pro duce authority on' the question. The motion was granted and time allowed until Monday, 9 a. m. Tho prisoners were bailed. Meantime it is thought no legal cvideucecan lie produced, when they will be released. Three affidavits of prisoners are published, sworn before the Clerk of the United States District Court, deseribiu^tke torture and cruel ties of Bergen, Kirk’s, Lieut. Colonel, towards the prisoners, only worthy of the darker ages. They state iie tried a pistol to t.'eir heads, and swinging up by a rope around the neck at the dead hourof night, to extort confession. Tlie United States Marshal has served writs on Kirk and Bergen to appear before Judge Brooks on Taesday next, on throe several write.— Brooks is looked npou as the Saviour of the State in her troubles, and has no doubt, by his firmness, averted the civil strife, 'i'he Grand reception to Hon. Joe. Turner and other prisoners is post poned till Thursday. ; Paris, August 20.—Abbe Yurrun, ' Chaplain of the Army of the Rhine, died ! on the field. | The Journal des Debate repels English J mediation as premature. Fight, not par- ily, is the duty now. I’n noe has victories I daily. Peace discussions will, therefore, soon be possible. Vienna, August 20.—Au imperial de cree opens the provincial diets. The- Emperor expresses gratification at the patriotic ncanimUy of all the people tlie empire, and hopes he shall be able to satisfy the legitimate demands of Gal icia and Tyro!, by tlie immediate elec tion of Kichsmath. A singular death is reported bv n correspondent of the Louisville Conner Journal, a* having occurred in Tishomin go county, Mississippi, n few day* ago. Mr. Pennington, a stout, healthy fRtmer, living r-hoqt fbqr wiim from Inko, had n slight cliill Snndoy before last. The day before he eps ia^cMUM^healtlu Mon- day morning ha.jCelt.the approach of another chill and lay down on tho bed. After lying a while he remarkd to ono of tliat he believed lie would try the remedy. Whereupon he aro^o from the bed, find gathering from the walls or ceiling of tlie room a web iu which were three •.‘spider- balls,” as they are called swallowed then!, without more ado. Immediately there was heard within his chest a faint sound os if the balls had bnrst, and in ten min utes he was dead. Very soon his throat, lips, and tho whole of his face were great swollen by the action of tlie poison. The Now York Tribune remarks as a curious fact, of which no really satis factory explanation has ever been given, that as firearms are rendered more and more deadly, war becomes lias and less destructive of human life. At Borodino the loss was one-third of nil the men en gaged; at Waterloo was one-fourth. At lokerman, where there was neither a rifled caunou nor a breach-loader on the field, the English lost one-third. At Magenota and Solferino, with vastly bat ter weapons, tho casualties were one- eleventh; at Chattanooga one-thirteenth; while at Koniggratz, where the terrible needle-gnu caused such consternation, the losses were only one twenty-third. Affairs in Edgefield, 8. C.—On last Monday the colored Marshal of Edgefield attempted to arrest a gentleman without., warrant, and when some opposition - as made lie used a clnb upon tlje gen A ijman when bystanders interfered.and prevented him from inflicting serions 'io- jury. In the attempt the valiant Marshal at on the cheek by a pocket knife, whereupon he drew a pistol aud fimi at. the gentletuau lie was to arrest. This. proved a sigual for the Iloyal Militia to turn ont atmwsse, “ and the scene which ensued was lawless, plood-thirsty aud in-, salting beyond description.” Tlie Ad vertiser exltcrts tho. people to ‘V.rrrcjw^ (/»>>/*, firu'Jeno« aild patience, b*\t to - Ui . ready if thr.se Hack so called foMicrs, da briny on n fray. ' • • ... . Prnssian demand for a surrender ; He shall never surrender l The commandant dismissing the Prussians, said tlie people have given you my reply. Carlsruhe, August 20.—Official dis patches say threeBavariau divisions invest Strasbourg and a fourth is harfnasing the retreating French. London, Aug. 20. —The French war office forbids Ihe publication of war dis patches unless signed by Bazaine. Toronto, Ang. 20.—The great fire in the woods is withiu a few hundred yards of Ottawa. The canal has been cut to flood the horning district Troops are ordered to the assistance of tlie people. Bnsiness is suspended. London, August 2ft—Gladstone, in ew of the crisis in Europe, lias post poned liis trip to Scotland. He remains *“i Loudon. The rumor of the death of the French Emperor at ltheinte, under « surgical operation, which has been in circulation here all day, is still uncoutnulicted. Paris, August 20.—The press estimates the Prussian loss for the last three days at ninety-thoueend. Bullion in the Bark of France decreas ed 120,900,000 francs. The decrease is attribut »ble to the purchase note to pay troops, which requires 54,000,000 a mouth. Bank, notes 5 per cent, dis count. - - - - Prince Napoleon arrived here jester- NIGHT DISPATCHES. Washington, August 20.—The recon struction expenses, for Mississippi, &375-, 000, and for Arkansas *^150,000, lias been • The steamer Ashinlot has' left Hong Kong for the scene of the recent Chiuese massacre. Tho steamer Gnilding star leaves New York on Thursday for Havre, with the French mail. New Yoke, August 20. —We obtain European specials in advance of publica tion, upon condition of proper credit. Editors will please make a note of tliis. London, August 20.— Serious disturb ances have occurred in the department of Venice. The- bigoted pesontry gay that the present war is the Lutheran against tlie Catholio Church. Protes tants were assailed relentlessly. The Rose of Dan won the chauuel yacht A dreadful colliery explosion occurred at Wegan, in Lancashire. Thirty were killed and many injured. Queen Victory is at Balmoral. Paris, August 20—There liave been many more arrests o! persons suspected of connection with the Villette affair. Madrid, August 20.—The government is preparing for heavy shipments of troops for Cuba early iu Septmber. .f - Some two . dozen Republican leaders, including Paul Arjula, have returned to Madrid. taking advantage of the amnesty!! Senor Pierreand has not yet retamed. Florence, August" 20,-r-There was a Violent debate iu tho Italian Chambers yesterday. Deputy Wellaha accused Minister* with violating the nentrality of Italy,..hj sending Italian, troops to defend the Pope. One of the Ministers replied to Mazzini for traveling in Sicily under a falso name. The government was 'not made -aware of all his {dans. * Mazzini would hare a fair triaL Sicily . wi» es^ pecially inflammable. Deputy Bettani. denounced the arnMt xih illegal.. ' London, August 29-—Ikte stated that more than 400,000 Germans are between the Rhine Und Paris. The Frecsh suor ceeded in vifetuidling. Strasbourg. It is admitted' jl»t the corps of .Fredrick Charles suffered severely. . .. . ; It is stated tlifd Bazaine had to weaken l his forces while under fire to send to. the righttodefendlho Emperor’s ptrson. the efforts of the Prussians to preventthe tered Nancy * and appointed aMayor.' day. liazaiue, whose retreat the Prussians say tlioy have stopped, is in a' position enabling him to support either Metz, or Verdun. He still keeps his plans and movements a profound secret. Gen. Trochu publishes a letter explain ing how bo desires to aid the people.— He says the idea of maintaing order by force of the bayonet and swora in. Paris, which is so agitated aud given up to grief tills me with horror and disguest. The maintenance of order by ascendancy, by patriotism; the free disposal of knowl edge of evident danger fills mowith hope aud serenity, but this problem is arduous and I cannot solve it alone; but I can with the aid of those having such senti ments. That is what I term moral aid.— The moment may arrive when malefac tors. seeing us defeudiug the city, wil* seek to pillage. Those who ate honest must seize them. The Gaulous says Piuard, cx-Minister of the Interior, with difficulty wm dis* loaded from interpellating Trochn’s "proc lamation, because the Emperor and Emr press were not named. Baron Malortic, Hanoverian, urges the Hanoverians in France to form a legion of sharpshooters. He says he is Tiot against Germany, but Prussian tyranny; aud his wish is to combat Holienzollern, who tried to efface Hanover from the map of Europe. Malortic is said to be it phew to Bismarck. Thiers, with Gen. Trochu, La Tour, anil others, visited the fortifications to day, after wliich they held a long' ferenc?. The various manufacturers of throughout. France are working diligent ly. They| send daily large quantities of arms to supply all who wish to go to the front The Seine Gtiarde Mobille hare re- tarued to Paris from Chalons, and,ore encamped at St Moor Vincent; Two councils o! Ministers were held to-day.— Trocha was present at both. The French loan of 100,000,00ft francs is announced. The town of Rasbnck, near Bitook,'has a garrison of 7000. . ' ' ’ LonPon, August 20—9 p. m.—Tho'war news in’Loudon is- meagre. 'The latest editions of the journals this evening have little from-tho.bottie-fields of Thursday an4 Friday, and notbipg.of to-day's. ’ Berlin, August 20.—The ol, to-day says although Germany her noblest sons, she has the comfort Hie war is not ip vtim - That' it is ono against a rape known to' our forefathers full of arrogance and inkolence, and ’ll , Sail*.—The Philadelphia Tele- *. graph (Republican) hays: “Editorials and' ediloiial statemepte in the English journals, lefcfvring to ^lio preseut war, should be .reccived witli many grains' ot allowance. It is- impossible for out Brit ish cousins to be just fo the French as Co the Americans, Their speculations hr reference to our conflict were notoriout- ly stupid and'malicious, aud the present Combatants will not fare much better at their hands.; They, arc forever making assertions which liayo no real foundation,' and hazarding predictions which were never n alized. Ashawetl of the , pitia ble attitude assumed by England in mod em conflicts, they constantly endeavoretl to give her factitious importance . v by at-, tempting to belittle the movements of tlie' really great nations of the world.” Wei« a Smile.—Which will you do, - smile, aud moke others happy, or be/ : crabbed and makeeVefybodj around you miserableT You can lire among beauti ful flowers and singing birds, ’ or lb tlie surrounded by fogs and frogs. The ; amount of happhicas that ybn cah pit>-'r dnoe is incalculable, if yort show a smit ing face, a kind heart, «ndspeak pleasant words. ‘ — :— % bQf“A week or two ago a Rhenish bat talion singing patriotic songs was' con voyed by train _ towards the probable theatre of war. When arrived at • their destination there was a general bumSdf- laughter on observing 'that ono of the - brave fellows had labeled too carriages < with a piece of chalk ; “Goods—by ex press—to Paris.” (Eitrfui nnch Paris.) . Firmness.—“Bnb, is your sister, at home V' . * " - y ' “Ye* bnt, she wun^t seo yon tb-rrfglit.’ r “Why?* “Cause she said she wiu .going to have, one good mess of onions, if she never gpt another bean. “ * SOT" Elections will be lield this fftll in” Oil the States exoepf Oregon, New Hamp- 1 shire, Connecticut^ and Rhode Island. Sixteen States are to choose Uhited States. Senators, and fire, have already done »r». Oregon has ite elections in June, and New Hampshire, Connecticut and Rhode . Island in the sprihg. , * •>* vvc. 88k- Two little girls were heard on the streets of Troy, a few evenings ago, dts- cussing the war in Europe. - They were divided in opinion' as to the result; ono contending that Prussia would whip, and the other averting with equal confidence that France would be toe victor. ' At last-. toe champion of Prussia settled the ques tion by an unanswerable argument., “I know,” raid she, “that the Dutchmen - -- .. will wliip. My pa is ft Frenchman und . which h A3 robbed us of our fairest prov- „A n) U on ~~ . • - ■ inoM. - D«a Trill- eaible oorto. T “ a TUy «*» erety ■—‘ ^—vv. ■ night, ftna aa always, licks. - - ’ > 'establish durable peace in mid Europe, in .top shape of united Germany,-, the key- a one of true freedom aad i ' “ Pans, Ai _ latif ’ to-day. Count Paliako following statement; The Prussians assert they were victorious on the iStb. I af firm to too contrary.. I havo cjinmuni- cated dispatches to reveral deputies, Keei* Oct.—Keep ont of debt—out ef qiiarrels—out oflaw—out of thin shoe, 1 ;— out of dump clothes—out of reach , of brandy and "water—put of matrimony, v unless you are iu love—ami keep clear of dieatiug’the prinfrout of his fine.